A German film director (Franz Rogowski), his English husband (Ben Whishaw) and a Frenchwoman (Adèle Exarchopoulos) form a strange love triangle in this wise, bitterly funny work from indie auteur Ira Sachs. Sharply observed and superbly played, it’s a chronicle of romantic and erotic chaos that has become more common in recent years. xosotin chelseathông […]
American History: Turner, Frederick Jackson–“The Significance of the Frontier in American History”
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The Frontier Thesis is the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that settler colonial exceptionalism, under the guise of American democracy, was formed by the appropriation of the rugged American frontier.
New Hollywood Cinema: Definition, Attributes
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Dec 5, 2022–Research in progress New Hollywood Cinema A broad label referring to the revival of Hollywood filmmaking since the mid-1970s Elements that make up the New Hollywood There’s more questioning of the status quo Appropriation and transformation of cult enthusiasms by the new Hollywood New generation of directors (movie brats) New marketing strategies and […]
Movie Stars: Evans, Chris–Sexiest Man Alive in 2022
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The 41-year-old actor inherits the mantle from fellow MCU star Paul Rudd.
Paris in Spring (1935): Lewis Milestone Musical, Starring Tullio Carminati and Mary Ellis
Lewis Milestone was assigned Paris in Spring, a romantic musical farce. Leading man Tullio Carminati had just completed the operetta-like One Night of Love (1934) with Grace Moore at Columbia studios. Paramount paired their own Mary Ellis with Carminati, and it was Milestone’s task to make a picture rivaling the Columbia success. Aside from a […]